Principles<\/strong><\/p>\n The Faculty subscribes to the following two principles with respect to undergraduate education:<\/p>\n 1) Depth and breadth<\/p>\n Good undergraduate education involves a balanced combination of depth and breadth. By the end of a degree programme, graduates should know one area well, that is, be aware of its main ideas, of the possibilities and limitations of its methodology, and of its current questions and problems. The best graduates will also be able to devise problems and pose questions of their own in this area. But to be properly educated, graduates should also have broad exposure to other kinds of knowledge beyond their specialism.<\/p>\n 2) Responsibility<\/p>\n As mature learners, undergraduates should be given the responsibility of determining much of their own programme of study: for instance, the area of specialisation, and the scope and nature of their study outside that area. In short, there should be both flexibility and choice.<\/p>\n Degrees Offered<\/strong><\/p>\n The Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences offers programmes on a full-time basis, leading to the degree of:\u00a0<\/p>\n The graduation requirements presented in this section are extracted\u00a0<\/span>f<\/span>rom the Modular System for Cohort\u00a0<\/span>2020<\/span>, which contains other important information for FASS students. Students are\u202f<\/span>strongly advised<\/span>\u202fto print a copy of the Modular System for Cohort<\/span>\u00a02020<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>for their reference, available\u00a0<\/span>a<\/span>t:\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg\/academic-matters\/modular-system\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n All important<\/span>\u00a0announcements will be placed at the FASS website:\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/fass.nus.edu.sg<\/span><\/a>\u00a0or\u00a0<\/span>https:\/\/myportal.nus.edu.sg\/studentportal\/fas\/ug\/<\/span><\/a>. It is, therefore, the responsibility of students to check the Faculty website and their NUS mailboxes regularly for updates. Students are also responsible for ensuring that they are contactable via their NUS mailboxes.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n To graduate with a BA (Hons)\u202f<\/span>or<\/span>\u202f<\/span>BSocSci<\/span>\u00a0(Hons) degree, FASS students must have declared honours track* and accumulated a minimum of 160 Modular Credits (MCs) and achieved a Cumulative Average Point (CAP) of at least 3.20. Students who choose not to\u202f<\/span>or<\/span>\u202fdo not complete the honours requirements may graduate with a BA degree, after accumulating a minimum of 120 MCs at a CAP of at least 2.00.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n The requirements for graduation are:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Details of the relative weightage and MCs required for graduation are presented in the following sections.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n * Note: To declare an honours track, students must have completed at least 110 MCs including 44 MCs of major requirements AND have a minimum CAP of 3.20.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n English for Academic Purposes (EAP)<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n All candidates offered admission to the Faculty must be exempted from or be required to take the\u00a0<\/span>q<\/span>ualifying English Test (QET). \u202fStudents who pass the QET will be exempted from taking the EAP\u00a0<\/span>c<\/span>ourse. \u202fStudents who do not pass the QET will be required to take the EAP course which consists of two consecutive modules, ES1000 Basic English course and ES1102 English for Academic Purposes. \u202fThese two modules are additional essential modules for students who do not pass the QET. Students with poorer English proficiency will read ES1000 first. On passing ES1000, they will proceed to read ES1102. Students with better English proficiency will proceed directly to read ES1102. A pass in ES1102 is\u202f<\/span>essential<\/span>\u202ffor graduation.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n A full description of the modules is available at the CELC website:\u00a0<\/span>http:\/\/www.nus.edu.sg\/celc\/<\/span><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n
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